Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1887-01-21
CRASHING ARRAIGNMENT.

IN Baltimore last week to take actor
lOskinE TO reform in the Management
81 the Affairs Of the State The meetia.
vss largely attended, aud FROM the ton,
Of no address to the people and
90 speeches delivered it is evident
NAs6 DC rsfotmers are 10 earnest about
ns noVouont, and mean to free the
6As fro~ the degrading influence Of
koeeisth,
This county was not represented
Why-sthe reason is beat known to those
Who have heretofore classed themselves
TSf5rmors 1t may be tat they have
Boa converted to the usys Of Satin; it
A1y be that having been fed with
Sfisss, thor convictions are stulifed; it
nay b. that separations for hSnors and
SA~e hsvo stiffl-d their conscientious con
ws1sss. fearing that il again hfi.s
aGss vitL righI ssI honesty. sEaiusI
vreng. corruption and bribery, votes
NAY be lost to them whes their "hour"
Of candidacy arrives, or it may be that
their professions Of honesty and reform
we're but sham To delude q sincere and
.soHading constituency We may be
wrong however, in this conjecture as
Democrats are always pure o. and hon
cradle men.
Among tho speaker. at the meeting
vsrs eI-Gov Hamilton, Cowcn, and
others. The Governor went int the
nsnsgement OF the finances Of the State.
s~king Comptroller Turner'S report as bis
suthsrity and showed in forcible man
nsr how the peoples money has been
ruthlessly squandercd by INSCRIPTIONS
politicians. There is steady increase
u Office and large increase Of unneccs-
sary expenditures. the latter in the past
war footing up to the enormous sum o.
Sl97. SEP 80.
The speech Of Cowen was a crashing
asraignment Of the election methods Of
The Democrats an believing it will be
better understood by reading the speech,
hAn extracts thereof, we give it In full
n may dig into the conscienceS of some
Who read it, and it may cause others Of
the socalled refarmcrs. in this section
especially, to blush at not lending hand
- aid the laudable movement, but as
90 are not responsible for the sins com
nitted. nor for their dodge the issue
.A=rss" le, the blows strike where
shcy will.
Mr.. John X. Cowen sid: Fellow
democrats. | an not troubled with the |
fear that in an unguardcd moment |
might say something too hard There are
certain stages Of politics where indig-
nation is proper. As frremen we have
.A her F riIssGSt t. s ssSRf us il tbs g city By
eur masters. I'm not here at my own
sweet will am an offensive partisan.
The purpose Of this movement is TO Sc
care in this city pure and fair elections,
and laws to pro luce that result. You
gentlemen from the counties have all to
do with this. Who gave Us these three
ssoundrelly supervisors at the last cleo
toni A Governor elected by the counties
You have charge Of the police force
through the commissioners you give US
Through this city and its harmonious
officially, as Mayor Hodges calls it, the
ringsters or bosses Of the city substan-
italy control the State. They designate
Who shall be your representatives. IfI
they don't do il. how was it possible that
in the last Legislature it was recognized
that If the three odious oils had reached
the lever house they would have passed
whooping By the hen whom the bosses
appoint to represent you in the counties
How do they control the city? Here I'm
going to take issue with that worthy
newspaper, The Sun. The rule in this
city is the rule of the criminal classes
The witnesses are numerous and the
proofs are lying around The
stentorisn stalwart. the Boanarges, is
Mr. Bernard Carter He was around
pleading for the life of the democratic
party last fall There's another gentle
man who now is very regular, bit who
has been somewhat Of a kicker, | mean
Mayor Hodges That's rich mine to
verk You will ind nuggets Of gold -
We have another distinguished regular,
Mr.. Rayner = is seldom tina. he gets
down from bis Oriental hvperbels His
speeches remind mo Of Ossian's poem.
I sometimes think be was as one born
cut of due tine. aud ought TO have been
an Oriental poet But no sometime.
ssts down from this hyPerbole He
speaks of Morris Thomas as having e1argc
Of the city of Baltimore. It is true that
he now has charge Of the Indians, but
he has substitutes here lilo declared
hlnself an humble advance guard of a
great organization You have heard Of
Browning's Fallen Leader. Now let
us examine the elections in Baltimore -
Lets see the method of conducting ecc
sions. Under the law there should b.
IN each precinct three judges, one Of
which to be Of the OPT Osite party TAX,
the precinct Of the Curran murder In,
supervisors appointed as a republican
judge a man indicted for arson. Who
Was Mr.. Knox! A notorious criminal
He beats two of the State witnesses in
the Carran trial. one of the most brutal
murders on record Two witnesses for
the State we're EMPLOYED on the steamer
0a-pin. Before the State comes to them
others have been before them One OF
them was Eugene Higgins beginning
with crimiasl supervisors and endin viii
n criminal Federal otfice-holder Take
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